Fake News: Long Time No See
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ptahrrificTitle: Long Time No See
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Future Jon/"Stephen"
Rating: G
Disclaimer: See the index.
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seagullsong, who wanted something on "that moment when you lose your glasses and can't find them because you CAN'T SEE."
Long Time No See
"Stephen? Have you seen my glasses?"
Jon couldn't see his husband's face, but he knew Stephen was smirking. When Jon had turned fifty, his eyes had apparently decided to throw in the towel from both ends, leaving him in need of thick bifocals. After a few months of sulking about how Jon was stealing his trademark accessory, Stephen had started to get unreasonably smug that he was so much more experienced at handling them.
"And don't say they're on my head," added Jon. "I already checked. I'm not yet senile enough to fall for the oldest cliché in the book. And don't ask me where I had them last, because I've been on the couch all afternoon, and I would have left them on the table or the arm, and they're not there. I've checked in the cushions, too, because that's the second oldest cliche in the book. So unless they fell underneath...."
He stopped, leaned over the side of the couch, and cast his hand around. A moment later his fingers closed on the familiar frames.
"Got them!" he exclaimed, sitting up again and sliding them onto his nose. "And a lot of help you—"
He stopped. The room was empty.
In fact, as Jon looked out the front window, he saw Stephen coming up the walk with Dubya (he had insisted on the name) trotting along on the leash in front of him.
Well.
Perhaps Jon would just be keeping this little anecdote to himself.
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Future Jon/"Stephen"
Rating: G
Disclaimer: See the index.
For
seagullsong, who wanted something on "that moment when you lose your glasses and can't find them because you CAN'T SEE."Long Time No See
"Stephen? Have you seen my glasses?"
Jon couldn't see his husband's face, but he knew Stephen was smirking. When Jon had turned fifty, his eyes had apparently decided to throw in the towel from both ends, leaving him in need of thick bifocals. After a few months of sulking about how Jon was stealing his trademark accessory, Stephen had started to get unreasonably smug that he was so much more experienced at handling them.
"And don't say they're on my head," added Jon. "I already checked. I'm not yet senile enough to fall for the oldest cliché in the book. And don't ask me where I had them last, because I've been on the couch all afternoon, and I would have left them on the table or the arm, and they're not there. I've checked in the cushions, too, because that's the second oldest cliche in the book. So unless they fell underneath...."
He stopped, leaned over the side of the couch, and cast his hand around. A moment later his fingers closed on the familiar frames.
"Got them!" he exclaimed, sitting up again and sliding them onto his nose. "And a lot of help you—"
He stopped. The room was empty.
In fact, as Jon looked out the front window, he saw Stephen coming up the walk with Dubya (he had insisted on the name) trotting along on the leash in front of him.
Well.
Perhaps Jon would just be keeping this little anecdote to himself.
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Date: 2009-05-21 01:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-21 01:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-21 02:29 am (UTC)I had a weird moment thinking that Jon and Stephen aren't that far away from fifty, though.
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Date: 2009-05-21 05:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-21 08:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-21 09:14 pm (UTC)BUT WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS
WHAT KIND OF AN ANIMAL IS DUBYA
I'M THINKING?
SEA TURTLE.
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Date: 2009-05-21 09:48 pm (UTC)THANKS.
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Date: 2009-05-22 12:14 am (UTC)SO WELCOME
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Date: 2009-05-22 12:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-22 12:15 am (UTC)THIS IS A WORLD WHEREIN THERE ARE THOSE WHO REGARD "STEPHEN" AS A CREDIBLE NEWS SOURCE
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Date: 2009-05-21 09:49 pm (UTC)